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food

Do you Know What’s in Your Food Pantry?

March 5, 2010

How many of you watch the Capital One commercials , especially the maroders or hooligans ones?  At the end of the commercial, they ask, “what’s in your wallet?”  Well, I am asking you the same thing about your pantry or medicine cabinet.   Well, the Capital One gang visited my house this year.  They pillaged, destroyed, and wretched my pantry. [...]

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The Dirty Secrets of a Green Food Waster

March 4, 2010

A green food waster.  What an oxymoron. I am not proud of  what I am going to confess.  As green as I think I have become, my family and I are food wasters. Our habits are hurting the Earth.  How so?
Every couple of months I can’t stand the clutter or dirty drawers in my [...]

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10 Tips to a Green, Sexy Valentines’ Day

February 14, 2010

Metallica. I bet he gets some all the time.
A guest post from my husband (if he were ever going to write one.  Well, sort of.)
Ah, the power of the words, sex and rock and roll.  Everyone wants to be a rock star.  Every since we were little, we pretended to be whomever is the fashion. [...]

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Could Animal Antibodics Be Harmful to Your Health?

February 10, 2010

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Katie Couric reports in the above video about how livestock antibiotics are causing more farm factory workers to become sick from antibiotic resistant viruses.  Consumers might be at risk as well.  Antibiotics are fed to livestock to promote growth and prevent disease, even when the livestock is well.  Couric reveals that [...]

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Chinet’s Compostable Paper Plates Green, Recycled, and Landfill Free

January 28, 2010

How many people do you know take pictures with their blackberry of paper plates in BJs?  Probably just me but I had good reason to be excited.  Here in front of my lovely doe green eyes was a package of 165 Chinet Classic White paper plates that I could compost in my magical composter!
Some of [...]

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Roasted Cauliflower or Broccoli Leaves. Nutritious and Delicious

January 6, 2010

Do you know what a broccoli or cauliflower plant looks like before the head arrives at your farmers’ market or store?  Did you know that this plant has the most beautiful leaves?  And the best yet, they are edible and nutritious too? According to Nutrition Data, raw broccoli leaves are a
“good source of Protein, Thiamin, [...]

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My 2010 Resolution. Create More Messes!

December 31, 2009

It occurred to me the other day that we are starting a new decade.  One of those “duh” moments.  But when I stopped to think about the last decade with its turmoil from 9/11 to our almost collapse of the economy, I can only wish that we are ushering in a new year full of [...]

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Could your Thanksgiving Sweet Potatoes Kill You?

November 26, 2009

Photo by Matthew Moore.
Sorry to be so melodramatic, but I wanted to catch your attention.  I know Thanksgiving is food and football.  It happens to be one of my most favorite holidays. I absolutely love sweet potatoes, turkey, cranberry sauce, and all the trimmings. So whats the problem?  When I ask for Aunt Millie to [...]

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Growing Amaranth and Enjoying the Super Grain all Year Long

November 23, 2009

By the time I was done reading about a food, I would be running to my computer to find a source to grow the plant.  However in Amaranth’s case, I saw the plant and it was love at first site.  I jumped in with both feet without any knowledge of how to grow it, harvest [...]

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Amaranth: Cooking with this Super Grain

November 12, 2009

A Young Amaranth Plant
This year I decided to plant Amaranth, a highly nutritious grain.  I saw its ornamental cousin last year and flipped at how beautiful this plant was.  My husband tells me that I grow to grow.  It does not matter if I intend to eat it.  I enjoy the pleasures of watching a [...]

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